Portrait of Sam De Grasse

Sam De Grasse

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia Sam De Grasse (June 12, 1875 – November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. He traveled to New York City and in 1912 appeared in his first motion picture. At first he played standard secondary characters, but when fellow Canadian Mary Pickford set up her own studio with her husband Douglas Fairbanks, he joined them. He portrayed the villainous Prince John in Fairbanks' 1922 Robin Hood. Afterward, he began to specialize in villainous roles. De Grasse was the uncle of successful cinematographer Robert De Grasse.

Born: June 11, 1875

Place of Birth: Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

Filmography

2019
I Am Not a Racist

as the businessman

1929
Wall Street

as John Willard

1929
The Last Performance

as District Attorney

1929
Silks and Saddles

as William Morrissey

1928
The Racket

as District Attorney Welch

1928
Our Dancing Daughters

as Freddie's Father

1928
Honor Bound

as Blood Keller

1928
The Man Who Laughs

as King James II

1927
The Wreck of the Hesperus

as Capt. David Slocum

1927
The Fighting Eagle

as Talleyrand

1927
The Country Doctor

as Ira Harding

1927
When a Man Loves

as Comte Guillot de Morfontaine

1927
Captain Salvation

as Peter Campbell

1927
1926
Love's Blindness

as Benjamin Levy

1926
The Eagle of the Sea

as Colonel Lestron

1926
Broken Hearts of Hollywood

as Defense Attorney

1926
The Black Pirate

as Pirate Lieutenant

1925
Sally, Irene and Mary

as Officer O'Dare

1925
Sun-Up

as Sheriff Weeks

1925
One Year to Live

as Dr. Lucien La Pierre

1924
The Virgin

as Ricardo Ruiz

1924
Painted People

as Henry Parrish

1923
Tiger Rose

as Dr. Cusick

1923
In the Palace of the King

as King Philip II

1923
A Prince of a King

as Duke Roberto

1923
The Spoilers

as Judge Stillman

1923
1923
Slippy McGee

as Father De Rance

1922
1922
Robin Hood

as Prince John

1921
A Wife's Awakening

as George Otis

1921
The Cheater Reformed

as Thomas Edinburgh

1920
The Broken Gate

as 'Hod' Brooks

1920
Unseen Forces

as Capt. Stanley

1920
The Little Grey Mouse

as John Cumberland

1920
The Skywayman

as Dr. Wayne Leveridge

1920
The Devil's Passkey

as Warren Goodwright

1920
Moon Madness

as Adrien

1919
Heart o' the Hills

as Steve Honeycutt

1919
Blind Husbands

as Dr. Armstrong

1919
The Mother and the Law

as Arthur Jenkins

1919
The Exquisite Thief

as Shaver Michael

1919
The Silk Lined Burglar

as Boston Blackie

1919
Sis Hopkins

as Vibert

1918
The Hope Chest

as Ballantyne, Sr.

1918
The Narrow Path

as Malcolm Dion

1918
A Law Unto Herself

as Kurt Von Klassner (as Samuel DeGrasse)

1918
1918
Winner Takes All

as Mark Thorne

1918
Smashing Through

as Earl Foster

1918
Brace Up

as National Jim

1918
Six-Shooter Andy

as Tom Slade

1917
The Scarlet Car

as Ernest Peabody

1917
The Winged Mystery

as Mortimer Eddington

1917
Anything Once

as Herbert Wendling

1917
Wild and Woolly

as Steve Shelby

1917
Madame Bo-Peep

as Jose Alvarez

1917
Her Official Fathers

as Ethan Dexter

1916
The Children of the Feud

as Dr. Richard Cavanagh

1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)

1916
The Half-Breed

as Sheriff Dunn

1916
An Innocent Magdalene

as Forbes Stewart

1916
The Good Bad-Man

as Bud Frazer / The Wolf

1916
Acquitted

as Ira Wolcott

1915
Martyrs of the Alamo

as Silent Smith

1915
The Birth of a Nation

as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)